Combat Quotes
519 quotes by 412 authors
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We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.
— Henry Adams
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For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.
— Kathryn Bigelow
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I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
— Garth Brooks
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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
— Mel Brooks
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I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.
— George H. W. Bush
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I've led a life of such structured discipline and always had a goal in mind of knowing what I was doing, from West Point to…
— Buzz Aldrin
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The only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the combat, at least refuses to join the regular armies and…
— Albert Camus
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There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.
— Jimmy Carter
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for…
— Tom Clancy
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Let's not leave an educational vacuum to be filled by religious extremists who go to families who have no other option and offer meals, housing…
— Hillary Clinton
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When a believer has crossed into the domain of the spiritual he daily ought to maintain a combat attitude in his spirit, praying therewith for…
— Watchman Nee
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Close combat, man to man, is plainly to be regarded as the real basis of combat.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and…
— John Bruton
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The spirit of meditation is the combating of self-willed thinking-it is a combat against the weight of one's feelings.
— Hakuin Ekaku
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Those who are skilled in combat do notbecome angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they…
— Zhuge Liang
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I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons.
— Yannick Noah
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When a thought appears such as "Do the dishes" and you don't do them, notice how an internal war breaks out... The stress and weariness…
— Byron Katie
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We build character in order for us to withstand the rigors of combat and resist the temptations to compromise our principles in peacetime. We must…
— Glen E. Morrell
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The equipment and weaponry will continually change and improve, and the size of the military will expand as needed, decreasing during times of peace. But…
— George W. Dunaway
Who Wrote These Combat Quotes
412 authors contributed a total of 519 Combat Quotes, led by these top contributors: